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2016
WOEC Sam Hearing Scholarship
West Oregon Electric
Cooperative is proud to be able
to invest in the future of a few of
the outstanding students in our
service territory. This year WOEC
was able to give two $1,000
Sam Hearing Scholarships. The
scholarship committee that is
made up of WOEC members
reviewed the applications and
considered not only the GPA and
test scores of the applicants, but
also the amount of community
service the students had done
and their goals and motivation to
succeed in life.
The West Oregon Elec-
tric Cooperative Sam Hearing
Scholarships are given in the
memory of Sam Hearing. Sam
served on the WOEC Board of
Directors for 35 years, and his
commitment to the co-op and
community are symbolized in the
continuing effort of WOEC to
help further the education of our
youth. Sam and his wife, Alvilda,
shared a strong commitment to
education – Alvilda as a school
teacher in Vernonia, and Sam
serving as a member of the Ver-
nonia School Board and Colum-
bia County Education Service
District.
This commitment led
the WOEC Board of Directors
to establish the Sam Hearing
Scholarship fund in August of
2003 when Sam retired from
the WOEC board. Sam passed
away on January 15, 2004 and so
the scholarships will remain to
remind us of his dedication to our
Cooperative and the community
that he lived in and served.
The following students
were chosen to receive $1,000
Sam Hearing Scholarships:
McKenzie Perry from Banks
High School and Jordan Brickley
from Vernonia High School.
VHS Spring Sports Awards
Softball
Kassidy Fetch
Allegra Poetter
Payton Wolf
Pearl Cook
Sara Smith
Paige Smith
Joyce Everett
Cassidy Whitton
Lola Berger
Baseball
Brett Elliott
Hayden Cieloha
Brendyn Mullikin
Gaven Everett
Steele Ware
First Team All League
Player of the Year
First Team All League
First Team All League
First Team All League
Second Team All League
Most Inspirational
Second Team All League
Second Team All League
Honorable Mention All
League
Most Improved
First Team All League
Second Team All League
Second Team All League
Second Team All League
Honorable Mention All
League
Bailey Morrison
Adam Hahn
Track and Field
Clay Sullivan
Justine Larue
James Ombati
Megan Ely
Jared Medearis
Andrea Castano
Equestrian
Sheyanne Pederson
Kassidy Fetch
Lauren Glass
Jordon McCord
NHS Makes Donation
to Vernonia Cares
Vernonia High School’s chapter of the National Hon-
or Society (NHS) donated $400 to Vernonia Cares. Students
Sheyanne Pedersen, Jordon Brickley and Emily Bergerson
organized a fundraiser early in the school year as their service
project to raise money for their National Honor Society In-
duction Ceremony, hosting a sale of rootbeer floats during the
school day. “We had a lot of money left over so we decided
that we would donate it somewhere in our community,” said
Pedersen. “We got the whole group together and decided that
Vernonia Cares would be a good choice.”
Vernonia Blood Drive
Wednesday, June 29
10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Honorable Mention All
League
Most Improved
Small Gym of Vernonia Schools
To register contact Amanda Rose Sicard
amandarosesicard@gmail.com
(503) 729-6119
Most Valuable
Most Valuable
Most Inspirational
Most Inspirational
Most Improved
Most Improved
Regional Qualifier
State Qualifier
District Silver
Most Valuable
State Qualifier
Most Inspirational
Most Improved
Kassidy Fetch
was named
the District 1
Player of the
Year.
Vernonia’s
Voice is
published
twice each
month on
the 1st
and 3rd
Thursday.
Look for our
next issue
July 7th.
